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C. 0. WILSON. MACHINE FOR WRAPPING KISSES, &c. No. 110,812. PatentedJan. 3, 1871.

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0. 0. WILSON. MACHINE FOR WRAPPING KISSES, &c.

No. 110,812. Patented Jan. 3 1871." 1

ttnittt %tttttt CHARLES 0. WILSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Letters Patent No. 110.812, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT m MACHINES FOR WRAPPING KlSSE$," &c.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, OLIARLns O. WiLsoN, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and in the State of Maryland, have-invented certain newandnseful Improvements in Machines for Wrapping Kisses, 8zc.;-aud dohereby declare that the following is a full,'clcar, and exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a machine for wrapping candy kisses or other articles, as will behereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertaius to make and use the same, I will now proceedv to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing-in which-Figure 1 is aplan view of my machine;

Figure 2 is a. transverse vertical section of the same through the lineA B, fig/1;

Figure 3 is a side view; and

Figure 4; a bottom view of the machine.

A represents the table or bed of my machine, supported at any desiredheight from the floor.

, B is the driving-shaft, running longitudinally under the bed A, andturned by means of acrank at one end, or by a belt connecting any engineor powerwith a pulley on the shaft.

14 is the hopper through which the kisses or other articles are fed, andfall in succession, one after the other, under the front center plungera, and between the front side plungers b I).

These plungers are, by vertical rods, connected with a horizontalcarrier, 8, and are arranged in the followmg manner:

The side plnngers l) l) are on a level, orat the same height, while thecenter plunger (6 is so much higher up above the side plungers as thethickness oi the kiss or other article to be wrapped.

Previous to the kiss falling down under the plunger a the paper whichisto be wrapped around it is drawn under the three plungers. This paper,being first cut the proper size, is placed flat in the box't, which isprovided with a. spring-bottom, so as to force the pile of paper upwardagainst the two suckers, 0 o, placed above and at the inner edge of thepaper feedbox at.

The suckers o 0 are hollow, with holes or apertures -at their lowersides, and are attached to horizontal pipes, e 0, connected together, asshown in ii. 1, and

moving in stationary guides above the bed-plate A.

The pipes e c are, by a flexible tube, it, connected with an air-pump,tr.

The piston-rod of the airpninp w is pivoted to a lever, 1, which ispivoted at its inner end, as shown in fig. 2, while the outer or rearend of said lever is, by a belt or cord, connected with the pipes e e.said belt or cord passingover the roller The shalt B being turned, acam, 15, on the same, operates the lever 1. which thus operates in a twofold manner.

By means of the air-pump it creates a suction in the suckers o 0, makingthe toppiece of paper in the box t adhere to their under faces, and, atthe same time, it draws the pipes a c, with the sucker and adheringpaper, across the bed so as to bring the paper immediately undertheplungers b b.

As soon as the cam 15 ceases to operate on the lever 1, the suctionceases, dropping the paper, and at the same time springs, 16 16,attached to the suckers, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, draw them, with thepipes e 0, back in thciroriginal position, causing the lever 1 also toresume its former place, to be again acted upon at the next revolutionof the shaft.

On the opposite sideof the bed-plate A from the paper-feed box t, insuitable bearings, is a wheel or roller, k, having the mottoes usuallywrapped up with candy kisses wound around it.

The motto a passes from said wheel la between two elastic feed-rollers,l l, which are operated by means of a cord or belt from a pulley on theshaft B.

The motto is fed in at the same time as the paper is drawn in under theplunger-s l) b, and at the proper time it is cut oil by the scissors-o.The mechanism for operating these scissors will be presently described.

The horizontal carrier s, to which the pluugcrs a. and l) l) areconnected, as above set forth, is attached to two vertical rods, whichpass down through the bed-plate A, and one of which rods is, below saidbedplate, provided with a head or catch, 9

This catch is operated upon by a cam, 17, on the shaft B, so as to forcethe carriers, with the plnngers,

vertical! y downward.

Thisbrings the kiss and paper down through arectangular opening at thefront end of a box, 12, secured on the top of the bed-plate, the sidesof the paper being by this movement bent upward at right angles.

The instant this has been accomplished the cam 17 escapes from the catch2, and springs,- 18 18, throw the carrier 5, with the 'plnngers a b I),suddenly and quickly upward again to their former position.

As soon as these plungcrs have thus been suddenly broughtout of the waya side plunger, 12, moves inward, foldingthe right side of the paperover on top of the kiss. This plunger isthcu suddenlywithdrawn, and atthe same time, or a little previous, a carrier, 10, pushes the kissthrough the box 12 to the other end thereof, this movement causing-theleft side of the paper to be folded over the kiss and lap over the edgeof the already folded right side of the paper.

The plunger 1) is attached to a bent plate, 4, passing around the rightend of the bed-plate A, and slidthe long end of a bent lever, 13,pivoted on the under side of the bed-plate, while the short end of saidlever is connected with a rod, 9, moving in a stationary guide on theunder side of the bed-plate.

On the inner end of the rod 9 is a finger, 6, which 'is operated upon bya cam, 4, on the shaft B. The

operation of this mechanism is to more'the carrier 10 forward for thepurposes mentioned.

As soon as the earn 4 escapes from the finger 6 a spring, 20, attachedto the lever 13, as shown in fig. 4, throws said Fever, with thecarrier, suddenly and quickly back in their original position.

On the lever 13 is a projection, 21, which, when said lever is by thespring 20, as above described, thrown suddenly hack, operates upon thescissors c to cut off the motto. A spring should be attached to saidscissors to open them when the lever 13 is moved forward.

The kiss, with the paper folded on both sides, being pushed through thebox 12, is deposited under the back center plunger 0 and back sideplnugers d d.

The side plungers d d are constructed as shown in fig. 1, that is,almost in the shape of a triangle, their inner edges being the base.These plungers are connected with a plate having bent rods, m m, passingthrough the bed-plate and connected at their lower ends by a cross-bar,7, which passes immediately below the shaft B. A cam on said shaftoperates the cross-bar 7 so as to force the plungers d d downward,

the object of which is to press the ends of the folded" paper togetherat the ends of the kiss, leaving on each side a triangular piece, which,from the action of the plunger, will naturally, ben'd slightly upward.

I While the pluugers d d are yet moving downward, and before they havecompleted their downward stroke, two other cams, 5, on the shaft B,commence to operate npon slides g g, one on each side of the backplungers, forcing said slides inward. These slides, moving inward,operate each upon :one pair of side folders, ff, which are so arrangedthat, at the instant the plum gers d d complete their downwardstroke,they will catch on and fold thetriangular pieces of paper untouched bythe plnngers.

Springs, 22 22, attached to the cross-bar 7, throw the plungersrl dupward again as soon as the cam has passed said cross-bar.

As soon as-the cams 5 5 cease to operate on the slides g g,springs,'23,'throw the slides back again,

and other springs, 24, open the folders ff.

The back center plunger 0 is attached to'a bent rod, m, which passesdown through the bed-plate, and is attached to a frame, 8. This frame isalso operated upon by a cam on the shaft 13 sons to force the pluncdownwardwhen the folders f have commenced to re turn. This movement ofthe plunger 0 forces the which has. the effect of bending the foldedends of the paper upward in shape, when the kiss falls out completcd.

A spring or springs, 25, attached to the frame 8, force the plunger 0 upagain as soon as it has forced the kiss through.

rier 10 returns to its first position after having deposited the kissunder the back plunger-s, the operation is commenced anew at this end ofthe machine, while the first kiss is completed by the back plungers, asjust described.

I do not confine myself to the particular inechauisms herein describedfor operating the various devices by which the paper is folded around akiss, or carried from one place to another, as they may, of course, bevaried without materially changing the operation of said'devices.

Other articles that have to be wrapped in paper may be wrapped in thesame manner, by changing the sizeof the various parts composing mymachine.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The air-pump w, flexible tube h, movable pipes s s, and suckers o 0,or their equivalents, for feeding paper by'suction, as herein set forth.

2. The lever 1 and cam 15, arranged as described, for operating theair-pump w and feeding mechanism e 0, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the feeding mechanism a o, the springs 16 16, forthe purposes set forth.

4. The arrangement of the wheel 7c, elastic feedrollers l l, andscissors v, for feeding and cutting off the mottoes, substantially asherein set forth.

5. The front plnngers a and b b, constructed anu poses herein set forth.

6. The plunger 1), constructed and arranged to op- ;rate substantiallyas and for the purposes herein set ort-h.

7. The carrier 10, constructedvand arranged to opforth.

8. The triangular plungers d d, constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

stantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

10. The back center plunger 0, arranged to operfate Substantially as andfor the purposes herein set ort In testimony that I claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of November, 1870.

CHARLES 0. WILSON.

Witnesses:

A. N. MAnn, G. L. Evnm.

wrapped kiss through an aperture in the bed-plate A,

, It will, of course, be understood that when the car-' arranged tooperate substantially as and for the'pureratc substantially as and forthe purposes herein set a 9. The folders ff; constructed and arrangedsub--

